A HANDBOOK OF LABOR LITERATURE, Compiled by Helen Marot- 1899- Free Library of Economics and Political Science, Philadelphia- ORIGINAL 1899 FIRST EDITION (with same 1899 date on title and copyright page)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is ORIGINAL supple tan cloth HARDCOVER with titles in BLACK on cover and spine (ALL TITLES are present and BOLD); binding and text are generally neat, clean and solid, VG- with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light wear and normal 'age-coloration'.  Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of the rather UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1899 FIRST EDITION... ‘Being a CLASSIFIED and ANNOTATED LIST of the MORE IMPORTANT BOOKS and PAMPHLETS in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE’… an UNCOMMON BIBLIOGRAPHY containing MUCH OBSCURE INFORMATION...  From the 1899 Preface: 'PARTICULAR attention has been given to GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS and PAMPHLET LITERATURE.  The public is, in ordinary cases, reminded of the EXISTENCE of a BOOK through its  publishers and booksellers, while GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, PAMPHLETS, and REPORTS are LOST SIGHT OF.  Many LIBRARIES are STILL NEGLECTFUL of collecting THIS MATERIAL (1899)...'   Some of the 'CONTENTS' include: 'ANARCHISM'... 'INDIVIDUALISM'... 'SOCIALISM'... 'UTOPIAS'... 'TRADE UNIONS''... 'STRIKES'... 'UNEMPLOYED'... 'WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS and CHILD LABOR'... 'CHRISTIANITY and the LABOR QUESTION'... 'LABOR SONGS'... 'LABOR PERIODICALS'... 'SOCIOLOGICAL JOURNALS'... 'ECONOMIC MONOGRAPHS'... 'BIBLIOGRAPHIES CONSULTED'... 'INDEX to AUTHORS'... and much, much more... 96 pages.  Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of the rather UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1899 FIRST EDITION... an UNCOMMON BIBLIOGRAPHY containing MUCH OBSCURE INFORMATION...